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     1 dwm - dynamic window manager
     1 dwm - dynamic window manager
     2 ----------------------------
     2 ----------------------------
     3 dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
     3 dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
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     6 Requirements
     6 Requirements
     7 ------------
     7 ------------
     8 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
     8 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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    11 Installation
    11 Installation
    12 ------------
    12 ------------
    13 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
    13 Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
    14 the /usr/local namespace by default.
    14 the /usr/local namespace by default).
    15 
    15 
    16 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
    16 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
    17 necessary as root):
    17 necessary as root):
    18 
    18 
    19     make clean install
    19     make clean install
    33 This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
    33 This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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    36 Displaying status info
    36 Displaying status info
    37 ----------------------
    37 ----------------------
    38 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do following
    38 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
    39 in .xinitrc:
    39 like this in your .xinitrc:
    40 
    40 
    41     while true
    41     while true
    42     do
    42     do
    43         echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
    43         echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
    44         sleep 2
    44         sleep 1
    45     done | dwm
    45     done | dwm
       
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    47 Configuration
    48 Configuration
    48 -------------
    49 -------------
    49 The configuration of dwm is done by customizing source code,
    50 The configuration of dwm is done by customizing its source code
    50 grep for CUSTOMIZE keyword.
    51 (grep for the CUSTOMIZE keyword).